US Mint Coin Production June 2009

The US Mint recently posted their latest production figures for circulating coins. These numbers have received more attention this year because of the significant decline from prior years.

The table below lists the US Mint’s coin production during the month of June 2009. The numbers are produced by subtracting last month’s year to date production figures from this month’s year to date production figures.

US Mint Coin Production June 2009

Philadelphia

Denver

Total

Cents

64.40 M

164.40 M

228.80 M

Nickels

0

0.48 M

0.48 M

Dimes

0

0

0

Quarters

42.60 M

26.60 M

69.20 M

Halves

0

0

0

Presidential Dollars

41.02 M

14.28 M

55.30 M

Native Amer Dollars

0

0

0

Total

148.02 M

205.76 M

353.78 M

Production was concentrated in three denominations, the cent, quarter, and dollar. The production for the nickel also moved up slightly. The US Mint had previously announced that they had ended production of nickels and dimes for the rest of the year, so perhaps this was just a slight adjustment to the previously reported figures. Overall the US Mint produced 353.78 million coins during June. This was in line with the prior month when 352.92 million coins were produced.

The additional table below shows the total year to date coin production for each denomination, and where possible, each coin design. For Quarters and Presidential Dollars, the US Mint posts production figures for each separate design once production for that design has ended.

2009 Coin Production January 2009 to June 2009

Philadelphia

Denver

Total

Lincoln Cent

660.40 M

714.00 M

1,374.40 M

Jefferson Nickel

39.84 M

39.84 M

79.68 M

Roosevelt Dime

96.50 M

49.50 M

146.00 M

District of Columbia Quarter

83.60 M

88.80 M

172.40 M

Puerto Rico Quarter

53.20 M

86.00 M

139.20 M

Guam Quarter

45.00 M

42.60 M

87.60 M

Kennedy Half Dollar

1.70 M

1.70 M

3.40 M

W.H. Harrison Dollar

43.26 M

55.16 M

98.42 M

John Tyler Dollar

43.54 M

43.54 M

87.08 M

Native American Dollar

27.30 M

23.80 M

51.10 M

The US Mint did not post any new “final” mintage figures for 2009 Presidential Dollars or 2009 DC & US Territories Quarters. The figures for the Guam Quarter and John Tyler Presidential Dollar had been available in last month’s update. During 2009, the overall mintage for each quarter and dollar release has been lower than the previous release. The US Mint’s next coin production update will be closely watched to see if this trend remains intact.

The year to date production figures for the one cent denomination yield an interesting observation. Assuming that the US Mint has not yet begun production of the third design representing Lincoln’s Professional Life, the implied mintage for the Formative Years design is now above the mintage for the Birthplace Design. The Birthplace design had a final mintage of 350.4 M Denver coins and 284.4 M Philadelphia coins. Backing these numbers out of the total above results in possible Formative Years mintages of 363.6 M Denver coins and 376 M Philadelphia coins.

Update: The US Mint is done producing the Formative Years design. The possible mintages quoted above are the final mintages.

I don't understand why Tyler is so cheap. Polk roll will be different. The Mint will issue 2-roll set containing both rolls in one set. Mintage should be higher than Harrison and Tyler. It is in the Mint subscription section.

An article in Coin World said the Polk dollars would be offered in the Mint's Direct Ship program as well. If that happens, that would mean Harrison and Tyler would be the only ones not Direct Ship offered.

It's a big mystery to me why the Tylers are doing so poorly in the after market.

JAJ, I've been wondering the same thing. It sure seems like they'll be making 20 types of pennies this year. And, the copper P & D ones definitely seem to be the ones to look out for. This might be the most popular uncirculated Mint set yet!

As to a 2-roll set for the Polk dollar coin. I'm not sure that will actually be the case (that is ONE mint box with one P roll and one D roll). I think I remember wondering the same thing with the Tyler subscription because it said something similar… but I still got TWO mint boxes (with one roll in each) instead of just ONE box that had each.

Can anyone tell me how I can tell the 2009 zinc cents from the copper cents? – that is if a copper penny gets into circulation. I know if it has an "S" it's copper – anything else I should know? Thanks.

I noticed the Lincoln cent "Formative Years" is selling a bit higher these days – don't understand what has caused the markup since the rolls are still for sale at the Mint. In the last few days I've seen sales up to $35 for the two roll set. Anybody have an idea why?

The two roll sets are limited to five per household. Of course, there are a number of ways to work around that limit (family members willing to buy another 5, etc.)… however, in general, most avid collectors and/or dealers are limited by the "five per household" constraint but would still like to have more than the 5 they are limited to. And so, the price of the unopened LP2 boxes are a lot higher than what you could buy from the Mint EVEN THOUGH the Mint is still selling them.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add… a lot of DDR varieties (like an extra finger on Lincoln) are being found in Mint boxes dated in May. Others have been found in early April as well, but May seems to be where the most have been found. So, those are probably the ones going for over $30 or $40 dollars.

CoinWorld has some really good articles about current production problems creating the copper pennies for the Uncirculated sets. Looks like the Mint did all the post-processing of the planchets (including burnishing and anti-tarnishing agents) on the proof set versions of the copper penny. But for the Uncirculated sets, the planchet provider did all of this. So, first question, why doesn't the third-party vendor just copy what the Mint did, or am I missing something here?

Secondly, this is the first time that I have seen details about exactly what types of pennies are going to be in the Uncirculated Sets. You WON'T get all 4 designs for both mints. You will get only 2 designs!!! But does this mean, that some people will get design 1 & 3 for a mint, and someone else might get 2 & 4?? DUDEZ!!! The Uncirculated Sets are going to be HUGE!!!

Man, that's the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard! If the Uncirculated Sets will not contain all four pennies for both "P" and "D" Mints, then the Mint can just KEEP the pieces of junk! I've been needing an excuse to bail out of buying this stuff anyway. Maybe this is just the ticket!

When they said "two examples of each of the four 2009 cent designs", I thought they were saying that there would only be two designs from each mint…. But really, they are saying that you'll get two of each design for a total of 8 pennies. Which is what we expected.

Speaking of Native American Dollars…I know…nobody was speaking of NA $s. The direct ship boxes were showing "sold out" Sunday night, not sold out on Monday morning, and now they are "not available". Any thoughts?

Yeah, the Direct Ship boxes have been "Sold Out" or "Not Available" countless times since the program began. I think the only design that really WAS sold out when the Mint said they were was James Monroe. I think even John Quincy Adams made a brief re-appearance or two before being pulled for good.

I just wish the Mint would lift the two-box limit for the presidents. I've been ordering thousands of the Native American dollars since they lifted the limit. My credit card earns a rebate for each purchase, and a local coin dealer pays me $26 per roll ($10 profit per direct ship box.) I search some of the coins for errors, of which I've found a few. Mostly weak edge-lettering ones, but I've found a couple of errors where some stars were missing or tightly spaced, resulting in a portion of plain edge.

Shhhh!!! Don't let it out that you get points on your credit card for purchasing these (I do too). With the current credit market, they (the banks) will probably cancel the whole program. I too, have found several errors in these, including a die crack on the Washington reverse (at the rim above the N) and several shifted edge letter/star coins.